Flying Squid to World [email protected]English • 6 months agoScientists say sprinkling diamond dust into the sky could offset almost all of climate change so far — but it'll cost $175 trillion [USD]www.livescience.comexternal-linkmessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up1125
arrow-up1125external-linkScientists say sprinkling diamond dust into the sky could offset almost all of climate change so far — but it'll cost $175 trillion [USD]www.livescience.comFlying Squid to World [email protected]English • 6 months agomessage-square71fedilink
minus-squareTiefling IRLlinkfedilinkEnglish84•6 months agoDoes it have to be diamonds? Could we maybe use the ashes of billionaires instead?
minus-squareDiplomjodlerlinkfedilinkEnglish34•6 months agoHuman ashes are mostly carbon, so yes, of course. We’ll run out of billionaires pretty quickly, though.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish18•6 months agoLet’s give it a trial run with a few thousand then we can measure the impact and reevaluate.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-26 months agoIsn’t diamond manufactured in labs in 15 minutes now? I think the price is assuming natural diamonds value
Does it have to be diamonds? Could we maybe use the ashes of billionaires instead?
Human ashes are mostly carbon, so yes, of course. We’ll run out of billionaires pretty quickly, though.
We’ll just have to try and find out.
Let’s give it a trial run with a few thousand then we can measure the impact and reevaluate.
Sounds like a win-win tbh
That’s a problem that solves it self
Isn’t diamond manufactured in labs in 15 minutes now? I think the price is assuming natural diamonds value